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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
One of Hermann's Tricks.

He then borrowed a hat, took a
rabbit from under his coat as he
walked away, and put it into the
hat. Then he took the rabbit out
of the hat by the ears. While the
spectators we're examining that
rabbit he held the hat close to his
breast with his right hand and put
into it another rabbit with his left.
Then he placed both rabbits on
the table, one hiding the other
from the spectators, dropped the
latter rabbit through a trap, rub.
bed the remaining one, and said
he had rolled two rabbits INTO one.
A confederate in the audience had
a third rabbit concealed in his in
side coat pocket. Hermann came
down, struggled with the man,
and pulled the rabbit out of his
pocket. Hermann returned to the
stage, tossed the rabbit in the air,
placed it on a shelf behind the
table when it came down, made a
tossing movement again very
quickly, fred a pistol with his left
hand, and looked up as though he
had thrown the rabbit into the
flies. Then the curtain came down
for an intermission; and it had all
been easy enough to see through
If you knew how.-N. Y. Sun.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23

Senator ingalls, is at his best
when In a quarrel. He delights In
the aggressive, and he fights his
battle to the death. HIS denun.
citation of Grover Cleveland and
the present administration must
have been pleasure to him, and
the night he carved up Gen. Black
he felt as happy as a king. His
whole life has been one Of fighting,
and he has had to make his way
through tremendous obstacles.
He was born in Massachusetts
and he comes from one of the old
Massachusetts, families. One of
his ancestors founded Lynn, and
the family came to this country in
the first vessel which followed the
Mayfower. Senator Ingalls, faith.
or was living at Middleton, Mass,
when Ingalls, was born, and /
found the other day q picture Of
the old Ingalls, homestead there.
1t is q large two.story frame house,
with many rooms and a generous
garden. Senator Ingalls, father
was well to do, but not wealthy.
He was In the shoe business, and
he intended to bring up his boy in
the same war. But the boy did
not take to shoes, and from a mis-.
sionary paper which came into the
family one of his first ambitions
was to be a missionary and 60 to
Beyroot. He next took notion
that he would be o newspaper man,
and he would, indeed, have made
one of the greatest editors of this
country. But newspapers did not
pay well thirty years ago, and Sem
ator Ingalls, father told him that
he must have a profession first,
and that writing alone would not
support MIN. II was this that
started young Ingalls, into the
legal profession. He was educated
at Williams college and he was
here at the same time as Garfield.
I imagine he stood ordinarily well
in his classes, but his old school.
mates tell me that he shone most
In literary society, and that upon
his graduation he delivered a
scathing review of the faculty, ta-
king as his subject "Mummy Life"
and treating it in such way as
Mortified his mother, who had come
to hear him graduate. The college
professors had revised his oratory,
cutting the heart out of it. In
speaking it he put in all they had
cut out and added his respects to
them. They debated some time as
to whether they should not with
hold his diploma from him as a
punishment, but his Grafton was
full of wit, and, though it cut very
deeply, great part Of 1t was true.
They gave him the diploma, and a
year or two ago this same Williams
college honored him by the degree
of doctor Of laws.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23

1t having been asserted by the
late Richard Realf, the poet, that
Gen. Lytle, the author of"I Am
Dying, Egypt Dying" had com.
posed the verses on the battlefield
of Chickamauga, Mr.. W. II. Scan
land, editor. of the Bossier Banner,
Of this State, writes to Mr.. 9. A..
De France, Of Kirkwood, Mo-,
that while engaged upon the Bos-
sier Times, In 1859, he selected
the poem from an exchange, with
no name attached to it, and set it
up himself. 1t appeared in the
issue of the Times of May q, 1859,
acopy of which is in NJ. Scanland's
possession. Mr.. Scanland does
not doupt that Gen. Lytle wrote
the poem, but says, in closing bis
letter on the subject: at seems
strange, supposing that Gen. Lytle
had written it in former years
iand there is no other claimant),
and after, through the press, It
had become public property, that |
he should have represented IL to
his friend. Col. Realf as a child Of
his born b. tho eainp.lire and un;
der the shadow Of his impending
and anticipated DEATH Il
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
Letter from Buffalo BlIl.

The El Paso Inter Republic of
July Z contains the following:
Colonel William Roy of this city,
an old friend and comrade of Buf.
falo Bill, is in receipt of a frank
aud characteristic letter from the
great scout. 1t shows conclusive.
ly that he is the same Bill, howe'er
fortune has smiled. The letter runs
as follows:
LONDON, June q, 1887.
My Dear Colonel-It was a gen.
uine pleasant surprise to receive
your letter. have often thought
Of you aud wondered what had
become of you. SO glad you are
still on top of the earth. Well,
ever since l got out Of the mud
hole in New Orleans, things have
been coming my way pretty smooth
and l have captured this country
from the Queen down, and am do.
ing them to the tune of $40, 900 a
day. Talk about show business,
there never was anything like it
ever known, and never will be
again, and with my European rep
utation you can easily guess the
business ! will do when l get back
to my own country.
It's pretty hard work with two
and three performances day and
the society racket, receptions, din.
ners, etc. No man, not even
Grant, was received better than
your humble servant. l have
dined with every one of the roy
atty from Albert, Prince OF Wales
down. | sometimes wonder If il
is the same old Bill Cody, the bul
whacker. Well, Colonel, still
wear the same size hat, and wher
1 make my fill l am coming bacl
to visit all the old boys. If yo,
meet any Of them tell them l ain
got the big'head worth q cent.
am over here for dust. Will b.
glad to hear from any Of them
Write me again. Your old.tim,
friend, BILL Copy.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
DEMOCRAT.
Gen1. Hurst's Reinforced Cartridge.

Especial to Times-D Democrat.
Washington, July 17.-Gen. II.
P. Hurst, of Summit, Miss, the in.
ventor of the famous Hurst rein.
forced cartridge, will begin new
series of experiments at the Wash.
ington Navy Yard before the gov.
ernment authorities as soon as he
has completed the gun upon which
he is now at work. This gun will
have a callbre Of .32 of an inch,
and the rifiing will have a twist of
one complete turn of six inches,
which is uniform throughout the
length of the barrel. This twist
is believed to be the most violent
Y any gun in the world.
Military experts are divided in
opinion as to whether or not a
bullet can be made to take the
growing of the rifing in a gun
which has such q violent twist.
The majority of them believe that
1t will strip the bullet but Lieut..
zalinsky, the inventor of the pneu-
matte dynamite gun, Gen. Hurst
and a few others are confident
that a bullet can be fred through
a barrel with this twist. If such
be the case, 1t will mark new era
in small arms, for with such a twist
the length of the barrel can be
doubled and, OF course, the range
greatly increased, while additional
accuracy will be secured.
Under the Hurst system, which
uses small charge of powder to
start the bullet, and three or -four
times an ordinary charge ignitine
behind the bullet while 10 notion
the problem Of having the bullet
take the growing Of rifle with
| the violent twist mentioned does
not seem to be difficult one.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
Let Us AvOId "Fear Killing"

Old Seldom says in his ''Table
Talk To preach long, loud, and
damnation is the way TO be cried
up. Men love the man who damns
them, and run after him to save
them" The secret has, | fear,
been bequethed to our modern
priests the doctors. II is right
and proper for them to warn us in
moderation ; but they do it beyond
all reason. 'sTouch not! Taste
not! Handle not! There is death
in the pot. Ware microbes here
Ware bacilli there! All the worlds
q hospital, and all the men aud
women merely PATIENTS" There
is no end to the "host of specters
palen which beleaguer us, sum.
moned by their spells and clothed
with double terrors by their alarm
ing new scientific titles. But there
should be some limit to this per
petual cry Of "Wolf! Wolfw
We must all die sooner or later,
whether with scientific advisers
or without them; and it would,
after all, be better to die sooner,
pursuing noble objects, perform.
ing natural duties, and even enjoy.
ing innocent pleasures, thana little
later, amid pitiful anxieties and
odious messes and inocuIations of
filth, leading the lives of Moliere's
"Malade Imaginaire." Perhaps we
may meyer, alas discover the Sc.
cret of "Faith Healiug;" but at
last we can avoid "Fear Killing
dying by inches of sheer anxiety
to live, and being slain at last by
the dread of death.-Frances Pow.
er Cobbe in The Contemporary
Review.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
me q. 4. Il. and the Color Question.
[spsciaI . Times pemoerut.

Especial to Times Democrat.I
Washingtons July I7.-There is
no doubt that the colOred people
intend making a strong fight over
the refusal of the Grand Army of
!. the Republic authorities in Louisi.
ana to allow the formation of col.
ored posts. Correspondence is
already passing between promi.
nent colored men of Louisiana and
Col. Geo. NJ. Arnold. president OF
the Colored Soldiers and Sailors
League, with view of getting the
question properly before the high.
est tribunal of the Grand Army of
the Republic F; indeed Col. Arnold
told the Times-Democrat CORES.
pondent to day that Gen. Fairchild
had been already communicated
with, and that the matter would be
pushed to its furthest end.
Col. Arnold, who has been presi.
dent of the League since its organ.
izatlon in January, 1867, in Phila.
delphia, is very indignant over the
Louisiana affair, and says that the
colored people were getting tired
of their treatment BY white Repub.
licans. He said, among other
things: "What Col. Lewis SAYS
that it would be easier to get a
charter for a colored organization
from Gen. Beauregard than from
the whites of the Republican party
in Louisiana, is true. There is no
doubt of the fact that the colored
man gets better treatment from
his old masters than from the mock
philanthropical Northerners.
"a great deal has been said
about the Vicksburg Southrons
refusing to take place in line be-
hind some colored troops. Now,
do not approve of their action,
and I think if they had been some.
what older they would have acted
differently. But let me give you
another story, which perhaps you
do not know. In FEBRUARY, 1856,
the Washington monument was
dedicated, and all the Grand Army
posts turned out to participate
At that time there were ten posts,
among which was Post Custer No
0, which was q colored one, and
which / commanded. Post No. II
was white, and turned out thirty
five men. According to the rules
of the organization the posts had
to march in their numerical order
Well, after we had got into line
and started the members of No. II
began to drop out, and by the
time we got to the monument eve
ry one of them had disappeared
They would not be seen walking
behind c0lored men.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
|. L. CAIN,
Secretary.


The Mississippi A. & NJ. College
graduated sixteen yonng men this
year.
In delivering the diplomas to
the graduates of the Mississippi
A. & M. College, Gen. Lee said.
"To.day we send forth sixteen
new graduates. They have gone
through our curriculum of study
and are now prepared for life't
battle, be that as thorough as il
may. Every dollar spent by them
at this College has had Its full
worth In moral, mental and pbysi
cal training. l endorse them az
scholars and gentlemen, and In be-
slowing the diplomas we do so
hoping you will have an abundance
of success in all your underta-
kings.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
A COlOred Hero.

New York, July 1S.-Frank Rob.
inson, the colored hero who saved
the lives of nine persons who
were aboard the yacht Mystery
when she capsized in Jamaica Bay
on Sunday, is to be presented
with q handsome gold medal by
the WIndward Club as q testlmo.
NAL to his bravery. The club,
which has taken the first step to.
ward rewarding Robinson, is com.
posed of business men Of this city
who sail their boats on Jamaica
Bay. The medal will be Of gold,
SS'pennyweight. The design is
unique and appropriate. From a
bar on which is to be engraved
" Presented to Frank Robinson" "
will be suspended q diminutive
yawl, emblematical of the boat
which Robinson used. From the
boat and connected with 1t by
small anchor chains will hang the
medal itself. The center piece
will represent the Mystery under
full sail. On the reverse side will
be placed this inscription: "In
appreciation of heroism In rescu-
ing nine persons from the wreck
of the yacht Mystery, Jamaica
Bay, July II, 1887" On the main.
sail will be placed these words,
used by Robinson when the ship |
wrecked pleasure seekers scram-
bled for his boat: Wait; child.
rem first"
Robinson has sailed away on
the schooner to which he belongs.
He was last heard of at Perth
Amboy, New Jersey. A fund is
also being collected for the brave
negro, which it is thought will be
swelIed to goodly proportions.
Congressman y. s. Cox, in a letter
lnclosing $40 for the fund, said:
Life saving knows no nationality,
race, politics, sex, condition or
color. Our federal law makes no
distinction as to its beneficlaries.
The divine law is the model of all
such bonefactions."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
BISHOP ADAMS.
Times. .Demoerat.L

II seems, after all that has been
said on the subject to the con.
trary, that DR.. Adams, recently
elected Bishop of Easton, Nd, is
eligible to the Office. A dispatch
from Cambridge, Nd, of Saturday
says:
OF the sixty odd bishops of the
Protestant Episcopal Church IN
the United States, forty.three, or
more than a majority, have con.
frmed the election of Rt. Rev. w.
+. Adams as Bishop of the Diocese
OF Easton. But one bishop has
dlssented, and that is Bishop Bur.
CESS, ofSpringfeld, ILL.,, who, while
speaking highly of Mr.. Adams, OBJ.
jected on the ground that he was
Ineligible, having resigned as mis-.
sionary bishop of New Mexico.
His objection is founded on canon
10, section 16, subsection 4, Church
Digest, which reads; "No diocesan
or assistant bishop, whose resig.
nation has been consummated,
shall under any circumstances, be
eligible to any diocese now in
union, or which may hereafter be
admitted into union, with this
church." Rev. DR.. Barber, oi
Cambridge, says that the canon is
restricted to its literal interpreta.
tion to diocesan and assistant bish.
ops, and is in no sense applicable
to missionary bishops. That this
is the accepted construction of the
church is evidenced by the fac,
that at the last General Uonven
ton q proposition was made before
the House of Bishops that tn,
canon DO mado to include mission
ary..bishops and voted down. The
question Of Bishop Adams being
legally elected is practically set
tied, as a majority of the bishops
having in mind tho canon referre,
to, have reported favorably, an
all Of the standing committees ye
heard from, though not a majority
have been unanimous in indorsin
the election.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
More Flag Business.

The Portland Oregonlan, on the
day after the nations birth, says :
yesterday morning a report
came to the Grand Army or the
Republic in the line of march, that
a Confederate'h flag was flying from
the residence of George s. Ii.
Jackson, on Carutbers street, be.
tween Third and Fourth streets.
The report, though not credited,
seemed to be on good authority,
so after the parade a committee
from tho Grand Army of the Re.
public visited the house. They
found q regulation Confederate
flag displayed from window, and
requested Mrs. Jackson to remove
1t. She said that her first husband
fought aud died under that flag,
and she thought it proper to dis.
play it on the occasion of the an.
nlversary of the nations birth.
the request was renewed, and was
again unheeded. The committee
remarked that they would take II
upon themselves to remove it.
Then Jackson appeared on the
scene and informed the committee
that If they attempted to, 1t would
be at the risk Of their lives, but
before there was an opportunity
for the committee to use force,
Mrs. jackson went up stairs and
took down the emblem
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
Meeting OF Veterans.

The surviving members of Arm.
strong's brigade, composed of the
LIST Mississippi (Col. Persons regi.
ment) I'd Mississippi, and 2Sth
Mississippi cavalry, and Balen.
tines regiment, and we also extend
the invitation to any of Ross
Texas brigade who may reside in
the State, to meet at Grenada,
Miss, on the second Thursday the
18th day of August, 1887.
Come comrades, and bring your
wives and daughters, and the
wives and daughters of any of our
deceased members, and let us
spend one day in social reunion.
+. A. MONTGOMERY,
Chairman,
j. L. GAIN,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23
The Dangers Of Baseball.

An Aberdeen, MISS special to
the Picayune, says
The little son of Mr.. w. j. Jones
died this afternoon from injuries
received from a stray ball which
struck him in the stomach a week
ago while come boys were prae.
ticlng baseball on lower Commerce
street.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-23

tcL Etuc1 anu OtucI MpIOtcu aAma
In any county in the State of Mis-.
sissippi. That they should be or
ganized into clubs, and even
threatening mob violence to prom
inent citizens, as is reported to
have happened a few nights ago,
when q mob organized, as is ru-
mored,..to lynch Mr.. -. a large
planter in the northern part of the
county-a gentleman well known
in Washington as in Bolivar eoun
ty, and who was one of the dele.
gates to the Greenyille conven-
ton. The cause of this was said
to be because of a difficulty Mr..
- bad with one of his hands or
tenants. How far this might nave
gone is not known as they were
dissuaded, SO it is said, from their
purpose by negro magistrate of
influence among them. My infor-
nation on the above matters is I
think reliable; though I suppose
the accounts may be exaggerated.
l willingly acqult any gentleman
who has announced himself as q
candidate for the Democratic nom.
nation to any Office of any com.
plicity in this outrageous conduct
of the negroes; but no man can
deny that restless, lawless feel.
ing pervades the negro population
in our part of the county, if not
all over it. And many of our best
citizens are seriously uneasy
about it. Not, of course, from
any fear of these poor deluded
creatures, who would find when it
was too late that not only the
white men of this county, who
Notwithstanding their differences
would stand together in a danger
like this, but the white men of the
adjoining counties and of the
whole State would speedily assist
in avenging any wrong which
might for a time be done. 1t il
we'll that they should understand
this at once, and it seems to INT
that every gentleman in the county
who is Democratic candidate fol
office, should take especial painl
to let them know that they mus
confine themselves to their owl
candidates for office, and that the,
will not be allowed to have an,
thing to say about the Democrat,
candidates. Unless, indeed, the,
refuse the fair fusion which will b,
offered them, and decide, as the,
have Of course a right to do, t
put q ticket of their own in th,
field. In the long run this latte
course would perba' fbe best fol
both races. If anything NOR,
we're needed to unite the whit,
people this would do it; and th,
negroes would be taught a lessor
which in this generation the.
would not forget.
Whatever truth there may b,
in the various rumors alluded t,
1t is one of the signs of the timeI
in this county, and very bad one
that they are ahoat, even if false
The natural result ought to be
and 1 am sure will, to more solidl,
unite the white people who arr
determined that the negro shal
not decide their differences. /
for one--and am certain / speal
for majority of the Democrats
would regard the election of {
Democratic nominee, even il il
some respects an Objectionable
man, as preferable to a better maj
elected on split in the party will
only the negro vote.
DEMOCRAT.
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rERMs. 4TH DISTRICT
couR'r CALENDAR, 1851

eounty-Begins on the LIST
4 dayl OF. March and October
n may continue 9 judicial
/ eounty-Begins on the md
March liIth day. and October
Ind may continue Is judicial
eounty-Begins ON the Srd
Eer the md Menday of March
knd October (April 4th1 and
Inc Is judicial days. ~,
1 county-Begins on the 9th
{er the 2nd Monday of March
4 and October NOV. 2ls),
ntinue II judicial days.
Ion county-Begins on the Sth
{er the ind Monday of March
Ind October dec. 5th), and
he 30 judicial days.
! eounty-Begins on the 18TH
ker the 2nd Monday of March
| and October january 9th,
hay continue IL judicial days.
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IaNCERY COURT.

county-Begins on the LIST
[April and October, and may
judicial days.
Ion county-Begins on the "a
and October, and may
! judicial days.
county--Begins on the LIST
bray and November, and may
judicial days.
|county-Begins on the End
MAY and November, and may
judicial days.
county-Begins on the ID
bay and November, and may
J judicial days.
bounty - Begins on the LIST
June and December, and may
judicial days.
meetings are held by the
Supervisors as follows: Bien-
Monday Of January to elect
hmissioners. Annually first
>larch, to receive Tax-Collec-
Of delinquent and insolvent
nday Of August to receive and
Phe Assessment Roll; LIST Mon-
)ptember to levy taxes; I'd
December to pass upon the
personal and poll list and on
next succeeding each term Of
1rt.
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OFFICE RULES.
SUBSCRIPTIONS Trn~e

One year, in advance. - "a
Any subscriber desiring his paper dis
continued willplease notify Us promptlv
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BOLIVAR COUNTY POLITICS.

BOLIVAR CoUxrY, Miss, July 4. 1857.
EDITOR GREExvIuE TnrEs:
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-07
TO De ACTED UPON.

WASHINGTON, May 6.--The Secretary
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
to-day received petition from the New
York Central, Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern, and Pittsburgh and Lake
Er,e Railroad Companies, asking that
they be relieved from the fourth section.
Up to this time forty.four railroad COM
panies have filed with the Commission
formal petitions asking to be relieved
from section four, probably as many
more have been received aud returned
for further information. A much larger
number has been received from the
trade organizations and individuals pro-
testing against the suspension OF section
four 10 particular cases.